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Posted on 02/04/2016 2:50:20 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
When Russian planes carried out a simulated attack against Sweden in 2013, it included nuclear warfare, a Nato report has revealed.
The training mission by the Russian military took place just beyond the eastern edge of the Stockholm archipelago three years ago. It grabbed global headlines because Sweden's military was slow to react due to staff being on vacation and had to rely on help from Nato.
Several Swedish media outlets had previously speculated that the exercises also included a simulated nuclear attack, but this was never confirmed.
Now, Nato's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has revealed that this was indeed the case - a revelation that appears in the defence alliance's annual report.
The text, which was released last week but only widely reported in Sweden on Wednesday, also confirmed that four Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 bombers had participated in the training exercise as well as two Sukhoi Su-27 jets.
The report suggests that a military base in Småland in southern Sweden and the National Defence Radio Establishment, the Swedish agency for signals intelligence just outside Stockholm, were the likely intended targets.
Stoltenberg's report concluded that the moves were part of a growing, worrying trend of aggression by Russia towards its western Nordic neighbour and others.
"As part of its comprehensive military rearmament, the extent of Russia's military manoevers and exercises have reached levels not seen since the end of the Cold War," it said.
Sweden’s security service Säpo has raised similar concerns about Russia in recent months and even described the country as the biggest intelligence threat against Sweden in its 2014 annual report.
Last year the Scandinavian nation said it would invest 10.2 billion kronor in its armed forces as part of efforts to protect its territory, but the country's defence capabilities have been questioned following continued military activity from Russia in the Baltic region.
In October 2014, a foreign submarine – suspected of being Russian, although this was never confirmed – was spotted in Swedish waters just outside Stockholm. A number of Russian planes have also been spotted in, or close to, Swedish airspace over the past two years.
Yikes sounds like Russia, is gearing up for future war.
The only reason Sweden exists as a political entity is because the US protects them. But the Swedes are resentful and want to commit suicide. So, they have opened themselves to a slow invasion by Jihadists. They will all submit to Islam and condemn the rest of us for not submitting. The whole military was on holiday? They are not worth defending.
Who cares about Sweden?
Russia’s ready and willing to use nukes.
I dont think all of the thousands are just for the Swedes.
Sven & Ole were on vacation...
From barbarians to men in skirts
-Who cares about Sweden?-
I had a Swedish relative who was a doctor and another was an engineer. They saved for years on what must have been otherwise -good- salaries to buy second hand Volvos. They paid into the welfare states and then after retirement, kept having their surgeries, hip and cataract, moved out until they died. About cataract surgery, my aunt, a former school teacher, broke down and cried and a nurse told her, -I am so sorry, but you are too old for surgery. You have nobody depending on you. Your priority is so low you will never get it.- The aunt went into depression and died. As far as I am concerned, all of Sweden can drop dead.
geez, sorry. that’s horrific.
my mother just had her knee replaced at 81.
this is the country the under 30 crowd hates.
while they lay on the couch with laptop, tablet, cell phone and a full stomach.
Against muzzles. Sweden is now the jihadi's front line.
You’re right.
Or preparing for an unstable world.
Wonder why the Russians would even consider wasting a nuclear weapon on the Swedes
lol. yeah, why Sweden?
Why would Russia bother nuking Sweden? If they wanted to take out Sweden, just drop another half million muzzies on them.
I think the muzzies in Sweden are the reason that Russia wants to nuke Sweden in the first place. No need to drop more there.
check out the tv show on Netflix called Occupied. it’s an interesting take on a soft takeover of Norway’s oil and gas production by Russia.
the process is dagger rattling
Russia is preparing to vaporize zillions of Muzzie zombies. Can’t blame them.
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